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I let you in on a secret: In many research institutions the people that "do" peer-review don't do the review, they delegate the reviews to their underlings who
by Uchikoma 15y ago
I let you in on a secret: In many research institutions the people that "do" peer-review don't do the review, they delegate the reviews to their underlings who are not in a position to refuse.
- kragen 15y agoI've even been delegated a review by a researcher at a different research institution. (He didn't feel like he knew enough to properly review the paper.) But it seems like the guy the journal editor is talking to is still in a position to boycott, even if he's going to delegate the actual reviewing.
- Uchikoma 15y agoThe guy the journal editor talks to has sometimes a different agenda. As he does not have interest in reviewing the papers, he isn't interested in the topics. He's often interested in advancing his career and building his network, and a move to do that is "review" papers for journals. Otherwise he would review the papers on his own. Boycotting would run counter to his own goals (while the guy who got the task of actually reviewing the paper has interest in the topic and would like to boycott journals but is not in the position to do so).
- kragen 15y agoThe guy the journal editor talks to still has limited minion resources at his disposal, and he still has the option of caring about the future of academic publishing even if he isn't interested in the topics of the papers.